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To Protect and Perve – California Cops Share Nude Photos Stolen From Citizens’ Cellphones

Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,

The new court documents describe a second incident involving a 19-year-old woman who was in a DUI crash in Livermore on Aug. 7. On Harrington’s phone, Holcombe located two photos of that DUI suspect in a bikini accompanied by a text message from the day of the arrest from Harrington to Hazelwood: “Taken from the phone of my 10-15x while she’s in X-rays. Enjoy buddy!!!”

A “10-15x” is CHP code for a woman in custody. The woman may have been at a hospital to have X-rays taken after the crash

Hazelwood replies: “No f—— nudes?”

– From the San Jose Mercury News article: CHP officer says stealing nude photos from female arrestees ‘game’ for cops

The worst thing about the government’s reckless response to the financial crisis of 2008, even worse than the trillions in taxpayer bailouts and backstops granted to the financial criminals that created the disaster, is the primary lesson that it sent to American society as a whole. Some people like to call it “moral hazard,” but in more pedestrian terms it really just boils down to: The Bad Guys Got Away with It.

That statement may seem childish and simplistic to many, but it’s very true and very destructive. When people with corrupt intentions and questionable moral standards see themselves as having won the day, they become energized and more encouraged, while decent people who want to do the right thing and believe in meritocracy, become demoralized and disenfranchised. This is how a civil society dies, and unfortunately, this is largely what has happened over the past six years.

While this result can be witnessed throughout all aspects of American life, it becomes most dangerous when it takes firm hold within institutions that wield considerable authority, whether that be banks, the IRS, or police departments. While I have spent countless hours documenting the impact within all of the above (and many more), this article focuses on the latest example of the abuse of authority from a domestic police force.

The San Jose Mercury News reported the following:

The California Highway Patrol officer accused of stealing nude photos from a DUI suspect’s phone told investigators that he and his fellow officers have been trading such images for years, in a practice that stretches from its Los Angeles office to his own Dublin station, according to court documents obtained by this newspaper Friday.

CHP Officer Sean Harrington, 35, of Martinez, also confessed to stealing explicit photos from the cellphone of a second Contra Costa County DUI suspect in August and forwarding those images to at least two CHP colleagues. The five-year CHP veteran called it a “game” among officers, according to an Oct. 14 search warrant affidavit.

Yes, a “game.”

Harrington told investigators he had done the same thing to female arrestees a “half dozen times in the last several years,” according to the court records, which included leering text messages between Harrington and his Dublin CHP colleague, Officer Robert Hazelwood.

“The callousness and depravity with which these officers communicated about my client is dehumanizing, horribly offensive and degrading to all women,” he said. “It’s going to lead to another level of mistrust and skepticism to the motive of law enforcement in general.”

As this newspaper first reported earlier this week, the investigation began with a single incident: Harrington’s conduct during the Aug. 29 arrest of the San Ramon woman. The woman discovered that photos had been stolen from her phone five days after her release, when she noticed on her iPad that the photos had been sent to an unknown number. A record of the messages had been deleted from her iPhone, but the phone had been synced to the iPad.

Think about this for a moment. The officer went out of his way to cover his tracks, and it was only by chance that she discovered the privacy violation. How many other women across the country have been abused in a similar manner and didn’t happen to discover the theft?

The new court documents describe a second incident involving a 19-year-old woman who was in a DUI crash in Livermore on Aug. 7. On Harrington’s phone, Holcombe located two photos of that DUI suspect in a bikini accompanied by a text message from the day of the arrest from Harrington to Hazelwood: “Taken from the phone of my 10-15x while she’s in X-rays. Enjoy buddy!!!”

A “10-15x” is CHP code for a woman in custody. The woman may have been at a hospital to have X-rays taken after the crash.

Hazelwood replies: “No f—— nudes?”

While there will always be bad people abusing authority within any society, the worst part about this incident is the fact that the cops are likely to barely receive any punishment at all despite the fact the “behavior constitutes felony computer theft” according to the Contra Costa district attorney’s affidavit.

In contrast, if it was a child prodigy who was trying to do some good for society, like Aaron Swartz, he would be hunted down like a rabid dog and threatened with a century in jail until he committed suicide. As a society, we are incentivizing evil, theft and corruption, while criminalizing honor, civil disobedience and decency.

R.I.P.

THIS DUDE SHOULD EITHER SHAVE OR MOVE

Based on the IQ of the average cop, I’m surprised this dude isn’t dead already. The bozo PA State Police have spent millions of taxpayer dollars for over a month and haven’t got a clue where this one dude is hiding. Would they expend such effort if you or I had been killed? Not a fucking chance. But if one of their fellow donut eaters gets killed we have a 24/7 manhunt for weeks on end. The police are not serving and protecting you. They are serving their government masters and protecting themselves and their gold plated pensions.

Police repeatedly mistake Pennsylvania man for suspected cop killer Eric Frein

Published October 23, 2014

James Tully, left, has been repeatedly mistaken by police for alleged cop killer Eric Frein, right, who remains on the loose. (Pocono Record)

Friends and strangers are rallying to help a man whom police have repeatedly mistaken for Eric Frein, the alleged cop killer and survivalist still on the loose in northeastern Pennsylvania.

James Tully, who doesn’t own a car and who walks 5 miles to work every day, has been mistaken for Frein more than 20 times by heavily-armed law enforcement scouring the Pocono mountain region for Frein, according to local news reports.

On at least one occasion, Tully, 39, claims he was forced to the ground and had a rifle pointed at his head by an officer as he walked to his job along a heavily wooded road near where Frein is believed to be hiding, according to the Pocono Record.

Hundreds of law enforcement officials have descended on the area to search for Frein, who they say shot and killed Cpl. Bryon Dickson and wounded Trooper Alex Douglass in an ambush Sept. 12 outside the Blooming Grove state police barracks in Pike County, Pa. Frein, a 31-year-old survivalist and expert marksman, has managed to evade capture in the dense woods of the Poconos — despite multiple reported sightings of him by police and local residents.

On Wednesday, Dawn DeBiase Witchy, an area resident who had heard of Tully’s plight, set up an account on the crowdfunding site Go Fund Me with the intent of buying him a car and insurance, The Morning Call reported. As of Thursday morning, the funds raised reached more than $7,000 — exceeding the $2,500 goal. Many donations on the page, “Help James Get to Work Safe,” came from strangers as far away as West Virginia.

“This story broke my heart. Hope the donations help you get a car! Best of luck!” one woman, identified as Cheri Magistro, wrote on the site.

“God Bless you for walking those many miles to work. You are truly an inspiration for not sitting home and collecting from the government. Praying you get a great reliable car,” wrote Bridgette Maloney.

Tully, a father of two who lives in Frein’s hometown of Canadensis, was stopped by police so many times he started carrying his driver’s license and work identification around his neck, the Pocono Record reported. His 5-mile walk to his job at J.A. Reinhardt, a metal fabrication plant, takes two hours each way, according to the newspaper. Tully, who has a bad knee and sometimes uses a brace, arrives home from work around 2 a.m.

After Tully left work Friday night, he told the newspaper he was stopped by a driver dressed in camouflage and a tactical vest and holding a rifle.

“The only ID I saw was the barrel of the gun,” Tully told the paper. “He yelled at me to get down on the ground with my arms out wide and he demanded my name.”

Tully said the man ripped the lanyard from around his neck as he drove his knee into his back.

“I will break you right here. What is your name?” Tully quoted the man as saying, according to the Pocono Record. “From the minute I saw him with that gun I thought, let me survive this.”

Tully says he was not released until a state trooper showed up and told the officer that he was telling the truth. Tully limped the rest of the way home, according to the newspaper.

Shortly after the encounter, Tully had trouble and was taken to the hospital, where doctors told him his ribs are bruised as a result of the incident. He told the paper he hopes the police will pay for X-rays and time he was absent from work.

The Pennsylvania state police, meanwhile, claim they have no knowledge of the incident.

“If Mr. Tully was improperly treated by a law enforcement officer, we will initiate an investigation. However, Mr. Tully has not filed a complaint with [the Pennsylvania State Police]. PSP cannot comment on complaints it has not received,” state police spokeswoman Trooper Connie Devens told The Morning Call.

HUNDREDS OF COPFUKS SUPPORT CRIMINAL COPFUK

Cops have no interest in protecting you. They are union drones who will break the law to protect their own. They will beat you senseless during traffic stops. Hundreds of copfuks showed up to support the scumbag in this video. An unarmed man pulled over for a traffic violation is pummeled coming home from his job as he reaches for his paycheck. The cop beats him so brutally, he break three bones in his face. The copfuks in this picture are goons. Know your enemy – serving and protecting the shit out of you.

Nassau Cop Charged With Assault for Alleged Excessive Force

by Timothy Bolger on June 3, 2014

James Carver, president of the Nassau Police Benevolent Association, speaks at a podium in defense of an officer accused of excessive force.

A Nassau County police officer accused of using excessive force against a suspect was indicted on assault charges, but the case was well underway in the court of public opinion as hecklers and supporters converged on the courthouse.

Vincent LoGiudice pleaded not guilty Tuesday to three counts of assault—two as a felony, one as a misdemeanor—two weeks after charges against the man he allegedly beat during a traffic stop were dropped.

“Judging this case by the video is like judging a book by its cover,” William Petrillo, the Rockville Centre-based attorney for LoGiudice, told reporters after his client’s initial court appearance.

Petrillo was referring to the surveillance camera footage that attorneys for the driver, 20-year-old Kyle Howell of Westbury, have said shows LoGiudice beating Howell when LoGiudice and his partner, who wasn’t charged, pulled Howell over in April. The charges were dropped on the same day that the county hired a police ethics consultant for $675,000 in response to a string of misconduct cases.

While hundreds of police officers from various law enforcement agencies packed the Mineola court house in a show of support for LoGiudice, a woman shouted at cops outside about police corruption. Officers immediately outside the courtroom, concerned that Howell supporters were trying to form a wall that would effectively force LoGiudice to face a gaggle of media, pushed their way through to make a path for their colleague.

“Our community, the victim, the police department, and Officer LoGiudice deserve a full and impartial opportunity to seek justice in this case,” Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said in a statement. “My office will continue to ensure that that’s exactly what everyone receives.”

Petrillo, who said the district attorney’s office didn’t interview his client, maintains that the actions taken by LoGiudice were “reasonable, necessary and justified.” Howell, who required surgery for several broken bones in his face, has said that he was reaching for his paycheck, which he said was about to blow away out of an open door when LoGiudice allegedly kneed Howell in the face repeatedly.

Howell also has said that he was chewing gum, not trying to swallow marijuana to hide it from the officers, as police alleged. Outside court, one police supporter held a sign that read: ‘”I was just chewing gum and reaching for my paycheck” #yearright.’

LoGiudice faces up to seven years in prison, if convicted. He was released without bail and is due back in court July 2.

Outside court, James Carver, the head of the Nassau Police Benevolent Association (PBA), the union that represents the department’s rank-and-file officers, led supporters in a chant of “Vindicate Vinny!”

“You’ve only seen a small snippet of what actually happened that day,” Carver told reporters of the video. “There’s a lot more going on in there.”

Amy Marion, the Garden City-based attorney representing Howell in a lawsuit against the county and the officers, said that she and her client are content that charges have been filed against LoGiudice, but they are concerned with the reaction from police.

“We are horrified and disturbed by the reaction of other law enforcement officers and the PBA president himself who are condoning brutal attacks of its citizens in our county and sending the message to law enforcement that this conduct will be tolerated,” Marion siad. “We also are concerned that the neither of the officers were charged with the false statements they made which resulted in our client being arrested and charged with felony assault against both officers.”

The case against LoGiudice—before Judge Chris Quinn, who now presides in the same courtroom in which ex-Second Deputy Nassau Police Commissioner William Flanagan was convicted of misconduct last year—began the same way the case against Flanagan, who’s appealing, ended: With a round of applause from police supporters.

WOMAN TACKLED, CUFFED & ARRESTED FOR WALKING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD

Your daily dose of copfuk brutality. Do you sense a trend?

Woman says Whitehouse police unfairly arrested her for not stopping to talk to officer

By Nina Harrelson

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A Whitehouse woman claims she was unfairly arrested for failing to stop for a police officer. She says the cop was acting suspicious and she felt threatened, but police officials say she handled it the wrong way.

Melissa Bonnette says she was on her usual morning walk around 9:45 a.m. Friday when a man in uniform on a motorcycle pulled up next to her, asking if she lived in the area and if he could speak to her.

“I thought that maybe he was flirting,” she said. “I just thought it was odd, I thought it was odd. I wasn’t really sure but I felt uncomfortable because there wasn’t anyone around.”

She says she was worried he might not even a real cop, so she refused to stop and began jogging away from him.

“He just crept along beside me on his motorcycle and he started saying, ‘Hey ma’am! I want to talk to you. Hey stop, ma’am! I want to talk to you.’ Then my anxiety rose even higher,” she said.

“The motorcycle has a patch on both sides of the gas tank. It’s black and white and says ‘Whitehouse Police,’ and has red and blue lights on it,” Whitehouse Police Chief Craig Shelton said. “So you have to take it for what it is. Do you think he’s a Whitehouse police officer? Why would you think he’s someone impersonating a police officer?”

That’s when Bonnette says he got off his bike, chased her down, tackled her and threw her in handcuffs.

“I just was crying and I was saying ‘Please sir, please sir. Why are you doing this?’ It was like I was in a nightmare. I hadn’t done anything wrong,” she said.

“Normally if a police officer pulls up, in my opinion, it’s awful odd for somebody just to take off and not want to speak to the police officer,” Shelton said. “And he had a lawful reason to be there and to stop her.”

That reason, Shelton says, is that Bonnette was walking on the wrong side of the road.

“By law, you have to be to the far left facing oncoming traffic,” he said.

So why was Bonnette handcuffed and put under arrest? Shelton says she was evading police.

“He told her I believe twice to quit resisting and she wouldn’t — she continued to resist,” he said. “So, he put her on the ground.”

But Bonnette argues she was unfairly treated like a criminal, and wants the officer in question –Shawn Johnson — to be fired.

“I really don’t want to live in a town where something like this could happen to a law-abiding citizen,” she said. “I’m not going to be able to walk anymore, and that’s sad because I enjoy walking every day. But I’m terrified. It was just so traumatic.”

Shelton says by law you’re not required to stop and talk to an officer if there’s not a lawful reason for them to be stopping you. But in this case, he says the fact that Bonnette was walking on the wrong side of the road was reason enough for Johnson to stop her.

Bonnette hasn’t been charged with anything, but the entire incident was caught on dashcam video and Shelton says it will be investigated further. He also says Johnson acted appropriately and won’t be reprimanded.

ANOTHER REASON TO HATE COPS

Another heart warming story about our 2nd responders. I had a doctor’s appointment yesterday morning (the dreaded pre-colonoscopy appt because I turned 50). The doctor’s office is at the corner of Germantown Pike and Whitehall Road in West Norriton. It is a very busy intersection during morning rush hour. It has left turning signals and if there would be a problem with the lights would cause major gridlock for people trying to get to work.

As I’m waiting three or four cars back from the light, it is about to turn green for us. What happens? A caravan of eight police SUVs from multiple townships with lights flashing, but sirens off, uses their handy dandy gizmos to keep the light green in their direction. They clearly were not rushing to the scene of a crime. They were going normal speed. My guess is they were accompanying some government drone politician to some re-election fund raising breakfast with some special interest group.

By creating a double green light for their direction, they caused a traffic jam in my direction. No biggie. I made it to my appointment on time. Of course, the drone at the front desk informed me that my referral had run out and I needed a new one. You would think they would have known that fact before I arrived and informed me, so I could get a renewed referral. Nope. I had to reschedule. So now I’m a little irritated, as I’ve wasted 90 minutes of my day.

I pull out of the lot and I’m the first car at the light to cross Germantown Pike. The light is about to turn green and guess what happens? The caravan of 2nd responders is returning from their drone mission and does the same exact thing. They use their gizmo and keep the light green in their direction once more. I may have muttered a few choice words under my breath, as these union government drones act like pricks and prima donnas by showing other drivers they can do anything they want, flaunting the very driving laws they enforce on the average person.

Now it gets really good. Evidently their electronic gizmo fucked up the light. It stopped turning green in the direction I was going. Even when it was red on the Germantown Pike side, it remained red on my side. The traffic behind me was extending for a quarter mile as we all waited for the light to turn green. I was cursing like a sailor now. No one else was making a move, so I just floored it through the red light and the obedient lemmings began to follow.

Those fucking prick cops, who are only supposed to use those gizmos in an emergency, fucked up traffic at a major intersection during rush hour because they don’t give a fuck about laws, regulations or the public. They are privileged thugs who think they can do anything they choose to do. Know your enemy.